Patentable/Patents/US-10705415
US-10705415

Projector device

PublishedJuly 7, 2020
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Technical Abstract

A projector device includes a housing, an optical modulation element provided in the housing, a lens tube with lenses provided inside, and a heat conducting component. A first side wall of the housing is provided with a through hole. The lens tube is nested in the through hole, and a first end of the lens tube is located in the housing and receives lights emitted from the optical modulation element. A first end of the heat conducting component is disposed on an outer wall of a first end of the lens tube, and a second end of the heat conducting component is connected with the housing.

Patent Claims
19 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A projector device, comprising: a housing, wherein a first side wall of the housing is provided with a through hole; an optical modulation element located in the housing; a lens tube with lenses inside; and a heat conducting component; wherein: the lens tube is nested in the through hole, a first end of the lens tube is located in the housing and is configured to receive light emitted from the optical modulation element, a first end of the heat conducting component is disposed on an outer wall of the first end of the lens tube, and a second end of the heat conducting component is connected with the housing; wherein: the lens tube includes at least one lens tube with a variable axial position; the heat conducting component is connected between the outer wall of the lens tube with a variable axial position and the housing, and the heat conducting component comprises: a first end configured to have a thermal conductive connection with the outer wall of the lens tube with a variable axial position, and a second end configured to have a thermal conductive connection with the housing when the lens tube with a variable axial position moves along an axial direction of the lens tube.

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2. The projector device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat conducting component includes at least one heat conductor that can conduct heat, and the at least one heat conductor is arranged around at least a part of a periphery of an outer wall of the lens tube; and wherein a first end of the heat conductor is in contact with the outer wall of the lens tube, and a second end of the heat conductor extends outward along a radial direction of the lens tube and is in contact with the housing.

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3. The projector device according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one heat conductor includes at least two heat conductors, and the at least two heat conductors are spliced into an annular piece; and wherein a connection between the at least two heat conductors is a removable connection.

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4. The projector device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat conducting component includes at least one heat conductor, and wherein a first end of the heat conductor includes a first heat conducting section arranged around an outer wall of the lens tube along a circumferential direction of the lens tube, and a second end of the heat conductor includes a second heat conducting section that extends outward along a radial direction of the lens tube.

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5. The projector device according to claim 1 , wherein the projector device further includes a thermal conductive spacer arranged between the heat conducting component and the housing, and the heat conducting component is connected with the housing through the thermal conductive spacer.

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6. The projector device according to claim 5 , wherein the thermal conductive spacer includes a heat conduction layer, the heat conducting component is in contact with a first side of the heat conduction layer, and a second side of the heat conduction layer is in contact with the first side wall of the housing.

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7. The projector device according to claim 5 , wherein the thermal conductive spacer includes a deformable thermal conductive spacer, and wherein the deformable thermal conductive spacer is arranged between the heat conducting component and the first side wall of the housing.

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8. The projector device according to claim 7 , wherein the deformable thermal conductive spacer is a flexible heat conduction layer or a thermal conductive elastic structure.

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9. The projector device according to claim 4 , wherein an outer side wall of the lens tube is provided with a lens base fixed to the housing, and wherein the lens base is arranged around the lens tube and configured to fix the lens tube onto the housing.

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10. The projector device according to claim 9 , wherein the lens base is disposed on a side of the heat conducting component away from the housing, and an elastomer is located between the lens base and the heat conducting component.

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11. The projector device according to claim 10 , wherein the elastomer is an annular elastomer around the lens tube.

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12. The projector device according to claim 10 , wherein the elastomer is springy sheet.

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13. The projector device according to claim 10 , wherein the elastomer includes: an annular body around the lens tube; a bending section disposed around the body; a flat straight section disposed at an end portion of the bending section away from the body; and a plane where the flat straight section is located is substantially parallel to a plane where the body is located; wherein the bending section bends toward a side of the body as compared with the body.

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14. A projector device, comprising: a metal housing; a Digital Micro Mirror Device (DMD) located in the metal housing; a plastic tube with lenses inside; and a metal heat conducting component; wherein: a first side wall of the metal housing is provided with a through hole, the plastic tube is nested in the through hole, the DMD is disposed on an inner side of a second side wall of the metal housing, the first side wall is disposed in opposition to the second side wall, the DMD is configured to modulate light beams that irradiate on the DMD to generate an imaging beam, a first end of the plastic tube is located in the metal housing and configured to receive the imaging beam emitted from the DMD, a second end of the plastic tube is located outside the metal housing, a first end of the metal heat conducting component is disposed on an outer wall of the first end of the plastic tube, and a second end of the metal heat conducting component is connected with the first side wall of the metal housing.

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15. The projector device according to claim 14 , wherein the metal heat conducting component includes an upper metal heat conducting component and a lower metal heat conducting component, wherein the upper metal heat conducting component and the lower metal heat conducting component are spliced into an annular piece.

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16. The projector device according to claim 15 , wherein the first end of the metal heat conducting component includes a third end of the upper metal heat conducting component and a fourth end of the lower metal heat conducting component; and wherein the third end of the upper metal heat conducting component is arranged along a first portion of a circumference of the plastic tube, and the fourth end of the lower metal heat conducting component is arranged along a second portion of the circumference of the plastic tube.

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17. The projector device according to claim 16 , wherein the second end of the metal heat conducting component includes a fifth end of the upper metal heat conducting component connected with the first side wall of the metal housing and a sixth end of the lower metal heat conducting component connected with the first side wall of the metal housing.

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18. The projector device according to claim 14 , wherein: an outer side wall of the plastic tube is provided with a lens base arranged around at least a portion of the plastic tube and configured to fix the plastic tube onto the metal housing; the second end of the metal heat conducting component is arranged between the lens base and the first side wall; and an elastomer is provided between the lens base and the second end of the metal heat conducting component.

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19. A projector device, comprising: a metal housing; a Digital Micro Mirror Device (DMD) located in the metal housing; a plastic tube with lenses inside; and a metal heat conducting component; wherein: a first side wall of the metal housing is provided with a through hole, the plastic tube is nested in the through hole, the DMD is disposed on an inner side of a second side wall of the metal housing, the first side wall is disposed in opposition to the second side wall, the DMD is configured to modulate light beams that irradiate on the DMD to generate an imaging beam, a first end of the plastic tube is located inside the metal housing, an opening of the first end of the plastic tube is configured to receive the imaging beam emitted from the DMD, a second end of the plastic tube is located outside the metal housing, a first end of the metal heat conducting component is disposed around part of the first end of the plastic tube, a second end of the metal heat conducting component is connected with an outer surface of the first side wall of the metal housing; the first end of the metal heat conducting component is substantially extend along an axis of the plastic tube, and the second end of the metal heat conducting component is substantially extend vertical to the axis of the plastic tube.

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Filing Date

February 27, 2019

Publication Date

July 7, 2020

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